Finding power factor using pspice

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Abdul Wali

Joined Mar 19, 2016
35
hi i am working on a project and i want to test the power factor of different loads in a circuit so can anyone help me that how to find power factor of a circuit or a load in pspice ?
 

WBahn

Joined Mar 31, 2012
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It's been a while since I've played with the math functions, but you should be able to implement math functions that integrate the real power pretty easily and those would work for any waveform. You get the apparent power by first measuring the RMS current and voltage and then multiplying them together. Then use the definition of power factor as being the ratio between real power and apparent power.
 

Thread Starter

Abdul Wali

Joined Mar 19, 2016
35
It's been a while since I've played with the math functions, but you should be able to implement math functions that integrate the real power pretty easily and those would work for any waveform. You get the apparent power by first measuring the RMS current and voltage and then multiplying them together. Then use the definition of power factor as being the ratio between real power and apparent power.
 
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